Responsibilities
Yeats turning toward his harder middle style.
Measured across the book
Across its 1,586 lines, 93% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 93% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 1.10 times what shuffling the words would give (0.28 observed against 0.26 expected). 18% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Responsibilitiesiambic pentameter · 22 linesThe Grey Rockiambic tetrameter · 132 linesThe Two Kingsiambic pentameter · 264 linesSeptember 1913iambic tetrameter · 32 linesTo a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothingiambic trimeter · 16 linesPaudeeniambic hexameter · 8 linesTo a Shadeiambic pentameter · 26 linesWhen Helen Livediambic tetrameter · 12 linesThe Attack on 'the Playboy of the Western World,' 1907iambic tetrameter · ABACBC · 6 linesThe Three Beggarsiambic tetrameter · 64 linesThe Three Hermitstrochaic tetrameter · 32 linesBeggar to Beggar Criediambic pentameter · 20 linesThe Well and the Treeiambic trimeter · 16 linesRunning to Paradiseiambic tetrameter · AABB · 28 linesThe Hour Before Dawniambic tetrameter · 120 linesThe Player Queencommon measure · 20 linesThe Realiststrochaic tetrameter · 8 linesThe Witchiambic dimeter · ABABCDCD · 8 linesThe Peacockanapaestic dimeter · ABCDBACEDEC · 11 linesThe Mountain Tombiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesTo a Child Dancing in the Wind Iiambic trimeter · 12 linesTo a Child Dancing in the Wind IIiambic tetrameter · 12 linesA Memory of Youthiambic tetrameter · ABCACBA · 21 linesFallen Majestyalexandrines · 8 linesFriendsiambic trimeter · 28 linesThe Cold Heaveniambic hexameter · 12 linesThat the Night Comeiambic trimeter · 12 linesAn Appointmentiambic tetrameter · 11 linesThe Magiiambic hexameter · 8 linesThe Dollsiambic tetrameter · 20 linesA Coatiambic pentameter · 24 linesHis Dreamiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 20 linesA Woman Homer Sungiambic trimeter · 21 linesThe Consolationiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesNo Second Troyiambic pentameter · 12 linesReconciliationiambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesKing and No Kingiambic pentameter · 16 linesPeacetrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 11 linesAgainst Unworthy Praiseiambic tetrameter · 20 linesThe Fascination of What's Difficultiambic pentameter · 13 linesA Drinking Songiambic tetrameter · 6 linesThe Coming of Wisdom with Timeiambic pentameter · ABAB · 12 linesThe Maskiambic tetrameter · ABABA · 15 linesUpon a House Shaken by the Land Agitationiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFEF · 12 linesAt the Abbey Theatreiambic pentameter · 14 linesThese Are the Cloudsiambic pentameter · ABABABABABAB · 12 linesAt Galway Racesiambic tetrameter · 16 linesA Friend's Illnesstrochaic trimeter · 7 linesAll Things Can Tempt Meiambic pentameter · AABB · 10 linesThe Young Man's Songiambic pentameter · 311 lines
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